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Under the draft, the financial support for giving birth for the groups defined in Article 14 of the Population Law is 2 million dong per person per birth. The policy applies to three groups of women: extremely small ethnic minority people; residents in localities with birth rates below the replacement level; and those who have two children before age 35. Each birth, a woman in these groups will receive 2 million dong. If a woman belongs to multiple groups, the support will be cumulative as prescribed. Thus, the total support can reach 6 million dong per birth if she belongs to all three groups at the same time. The policy also applies to births involving two or more children at the first birth (twins, triplets) or births from the second birth onward. Women who give birth are beneficiaries of social welfare policies, and will still benefit from the provisions of this Decree. In an interview with the reporter of Người Lao Động, Mr. Le Thanh Dung, head of the Population Department (Ministry of Health), said the draft proposes a minimum support of 2 million dong and allows localities to decide higher spending based on economic and social conditions. According to the drafting agency, total estimated funding is over 1,800 billion dong per year, funded by local budgets. The provincial People’s Councils may set higher support; payments are made by the commune-level People’s Committee, in cash or by bank transfer. In practice, some localities have already implemented similar policies. For example, Ho Chi Minh City—the city with among the lowest birth rates in the country for many years—is offering 3–5 million dong to women who give birth to two children before age 35. According to the Population Department of Ho Chi Minh City, from 1-9-2025 to 15-4-2026, the city has transferred 5 million dong to 1,310 cases. Previously, under Resolution 40, 7,695 women were supported with 3 million dong per case, with total funding of more than 23 billion dong. Together with Resolution 32, the total amount Ho Chi Minh City has spent on the pro-natal policy in 2025 reached nearly 29.6 billion dong. Thus, more than 9,000 women in Ho Chi Minh City have received birth support before age 35 under the city’s population incentive policy. If passed, the provisions in this draft Decree are expected to take effect from July 1, 2026.
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